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# Code of Hammurabi # Code of Hammurabi
# Code of Hammurabi
## Overview ## Overview
The Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE) is one of the most complete and well-known ancient legal codes, inscribed on a basalt stele and containing 282 laws governing Babylonian society. @t[~1754 BCE] The Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE) is one of the most complete and well-known ancient legal codes, inscribed on a basalt stele and containing 282 laws governing Babylonian society. @t[~1754 BCE]
## Key Facts ## Key Facts
- Date: ~1754 BCE @t[~1754 BCE] - Date: ~1754 BCE (Wikipedia/Roth give range 17551751 BCE) @t[~1754 BCE]
- Issuer: Hammurabi, King of Babylon - Issuer: Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty
- Language: Akkadian (Babylonian dialect) - Language: Akkadian (Old Babylonian dialect), written in cuneiform script
- Medium: Basalt stele, 2.25 m tall - Medium: Black basalt stele, 2.25 m tall (some older sources describe the material as diorite) [^3]
- Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris (discovered at Susa, 1901) - Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris (discovered at Susa, Iran, 19011902) [^3]
- Weight: approximately 4 tons
## Structure ## Structure
- Prologue: Hammurabi as divinely appointed shepherd of his people - Prologue: Hammurabi as divinely appointed shepherd of his people; relief at top depicts Hammurabi receiving authority from Shamash, the sun god [^1]
- 282 laws organized by topic - 282 laws organized by topic, written vertically in cuneiform
- Epilogue: Blessings for those who uphold the laws, curses for those who deface the stele [^1] - Epilogue: Blessings for those who uphold the laws, curses for those who deface the stele [^1]
## Legal Principles ## Legal Principles
- *Lex talionis*: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (with class-based modifications) - *Lex talionis*: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (with class-based modifications) [^2]
- Three social classes: *awilum* (free), *mushkenum* (dependent), *wardum* (slave) - Three social classes: *awilum* (free), *mushkenum* (dependent), *wardum* (slave)
- Covers: Property, trade, family law, labor, personal injury, agriculture - Covers: Property, trade, family law, labor, personal injury, agriculture
- Presumption of innocence in some cases; trial by ordeal in others [^2] - Presumption of innocence in some cases; trial by ordeal in others [^2]
- Prescribed specific penalties for each crime; limited retribution to proportional response
## Discovery and Transmission
- The stele was taken as plunder to Susa by the Elamite king Shutruk-Nahhunte around 1158 BCE, approximately 600 years after its creation
- Rediscovered by French archaeologists at Susa in 19011902
- The text was copied and studied by Mesopotamian scribes for over a millennium after its creation, attesting to its lasting authority [^4]
## Significance ## Significance
- Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu) but the most complete - Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu, ~21002050 BCE) but the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East [^4]
- Provides detailed picture of Old Babylonian society - Provides detailed picture of Old Babylonian society
- Influenced later Near Eastern legal traditions - Influenced later Near Eastern legal traditions; parallels noted with the Law of Moses in the Torah [^4]
- Continues to be studied for its influence on modern legal jurisprudence
--- ---
[^1]: Roth, M.T. *Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor* (1997) [^1]: Roth, M.T. *Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor* (1997)
[^2]: Driver, G.R. & Miles, J.C. *The Babylonian Laws* (Oxford, 19521955) [^2]: Driver, G.R. & Miles, J.C. *The Babylonian Laws* (Oxford, 19521955)
--- [^3]: Louvre Museum. "The Code of Hammurabi." louvre.fr (accessed 2026)
[^4]: Wikipedia contributors. "Code of Hammurabi." *Wikipedia* (accessed 2026-02-23)
## Review Queue
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Date: ~1754 BCE" - when was this true?
> 1754 BCE event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Issuer: Hammurabi, King of Babylon" - when was this true?
> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Language: Akkadian (Babylonian dialect)" - when was this true?
> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Prologue: Hammurabi as divinely appointed shepherd of his people" - when was this true?
> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 29: "Provides detailed picture of Old Babylonian society" - when was this true?
> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 30: "Influenced later Near Eastern legal traditions" - when was this true?
> Historical event. Attested by Roth (1997) [^1]; Driver (1952) [^2].
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